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use Test::More tests => 6;

package MyVal;
use Validation::Class;

field this => {
    required   => 1,
    error      => 'This aint that.',
    filters    => [ 'trim', 'strip' ]
};

field that => {
    required   => 1,
    error      => 'That aint this.',
    filters    => [ 'trim', 'strip' ]
};

sub my_fields {
    my $fields = {
        
        this => {
            required   => 1,
            error      => 'This aint that.',
            filters    => [ 'trim', 'strip' ]
        },
        
        that => {
            required   => 1,
            error      => 'That aint this.',
            filters    => [ 'trim', 'strip' ]
        }
    };
    return $fields;
}

my $first_params = {
    this => '0123456789',
    that => ''
};

my $second_params = {
    this => '',
    that => ''
};

package main;

my $v1 = MyVal->new(
    #fields => my_fields,
    params => $first_params,
    ignore_unknown => 1
);

# validation objects
ok $v1, '1st validation object ok';
$v1->validate(qw/this that/);
ok $v1->fields->{this}->{value} eq '0123456789', '1st validation object -this- field value correct';

my $v2 = MyVal->new(
    #fields => my_fields,
    params => $second_params,
    ignore_unknown => 1
);

ok $v2, '2nd validation object ok';
$v2->validate(qw/this that/);
ok $v2->fields->{this}->{value} eq '', '2nd validation object -this- field value correct';

ok ! $v2->params->{this}, '2nd validation object -this- param correct';
ok ! $v2->fields->{this}->{value}, '2nd validation object -this- field value correct';